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Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 72757
Mineral:Bixbyite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Large cubic crystals of lustrous black-metallic bixbyite covering several sides of a compact crystallized bixbyite with minor calcite. The bixbyite crystals have convex crystal faces and are grown in arc-shaped aggregates resembling ball-peen habit. Collected in 2014
Overall Size:9.5x5x4 cm
Crystals:5-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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